Rape

Monrovia – The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Madam Julia Duncan-Cassell has reiterated her call for the passing into Law the Domestic Violence Law that will serve as deterrent to potential perpetrators.
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Ganta, Nimba County – Ten years ago on August 12, 2007, 49-year-old Mardea Dahn was awaken by a knocking on her door. She opened the door; her ex-boyfriend Felix Sawyer forced his way in despite her resistance. She was sexually assaulted…
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Grand Bassa County - Dressed in a white trouser and a stripy shirt, little Lucky Boy looks drained as he struggles to keep is weary eyes open. 
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Monrovia - The Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) says amending the rape law is not in the interest of victims.
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Monrovia – Hundreds of angry women from various women and youth groups of Liberia took to the streets of Monrovia in protest of the rape amendment bill recently by the Senate.
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Monrovia - The Supreme Court has confirmed the guilty verdict of a 20-year-old man that raped a 10-year-old girl in 2011.
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Monrovia – The Standard Bearer of the Alternative National Congress (ANC), Mr. Alexander B. Cummings has reacted sharply to the amendment of Liberia’s rape law which originally treated rape as a non-bailable offense.
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Monrovia – A group of young advocates under the banner Concern Citizens of Liberia yesterday stormed the Capitol Building where they called on the Senate to establish a fast track to handle rape cases rather than amending the rape law by…
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Monrovia – The Liberian Senate has voted in favour of a report to amend the rape law, making rape a bailable crime.
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Monrovia – A women group under the banner of Safe-Cities Women Forum and Medica Liberia in collaboration with Action Aid Liberia has joined calls for justice and fair treatment in the alleged rape and impregnation of 13-year old girl by…
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